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Sunday, 27 November 2016

The Obama administration says there is no evidence of hackers tampering with the 2016 presidential election

President-elect, Donald Trump's opponent, the Green Party's 2016
presidential candidate, Jill Stein demanded a vote recount in
Wisconsin, a Democratic state that he won, citing inconsistencies in the
votes. But the Obama administration has said there was no evidence of
the elections been tampered with or hacked.
Jill Stein who didn't get enough votes to be on the ballot paper said:

“After a divisive and painful presidential race, reported hacks into
voter and party databases and individual email accounts are causing many
American to wonder if our election results are reliable. These concerns
need to be investigated before the 2016 presidential election is
certified. We deserve elections we can trust.”

However, according to Politico, the Obama administration said it has
seen no evidence of hackers tampering with the 2016 presidential
election, even as recount proceedings began in Wisconsin.
Politico reported that the Obama administration said:

“We stand behind our election results, which accurately reflect the will
of the American people,” a senior administration official told POLITICO
late Friday. “The federal government did not observe any increased
level of malicious cyber activity aimed at disrupting our electoral
process on election day,” the official added. “We believe our elections
were free and fair from a cybersecurity perspective.”

Hillary Clinton also denies that there was any foul play with the
election results but her team still joined Stein in the recount process
in Wisconsin.

The recounts in all three states, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
need to be done by Dec. 13th 2016 for it to be considered ..which seems
highly unlikely.